4-5 Gray's Inn Square

I am a barrister practising intellectual property, technology, media, entertainment and competition law since 1977. I specialise in advising start-ups and other small businesses on protecting and exploiting their investment in branding, design, technology and creativity and representing them before the Patent Court, Intellectual Property Enterprise Court and Intellectual Property List and the hearing officers of the Intellectual Property Office. I have appeared in several important cases and have written or contributed to a number of publications including "Enforcing Intellectual Property Rights". I am an arbitrator and mediator and sit on the WIPO Domain Name Dispute Resolution panels.

I also advise business owners and managers, venture capital, business angel and other investors, their accountants and other advisers under the Licensed or Public Access Rules on matters that do not require the intervention of an attorney, solicitor or other professional intermediary. Typical matters might be identifying the optimum legal protection for a new intellectual asset or on assessing the strength of a patent or patent portfolio.

I am interested in computing and keep abreast with science and technology. I also love the arts, particularly dance, drama, film, music and painting. I support the Huddersfield Choral Society, Northern Ballet and other dance companies, the Scottish National Trust. I enjoy all sorts of dance, especially ballet (about which I blog in Terpsichore) and classes in Leeds and Manchester. I am often in the audience at the National Media Museum in Bradford and am a frequent visitor to Salts Mill in Saltaire and the Yorkshire Sculpture Park near Wakefield.